It’s a man’s world we say, while reading news reports of gang rapes and sexual violence against women across India. There are endless interviews and reproductions of real life incidents that show angry, violent men taking advantage of women. Most of us passionately hit the ‘like’ button on social media sites when we see feminist posts and open letters to celebrities, which is why when we heard about the subject of director, Harjant Gill’s documentary Mardistan, we sat up and took notice.

A still from the film Mardistan, set in Punjab